RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

Attention: Directorate
           Regional and Park Chief Rangers, USPP, BIFC, FLETC
           Ranger Activities Division Information Network

Day/Date:  Wednesday, June 23, 1993

Broadcast: By 0830 ET

INCIDENTS

93-392 - Wolf Trap Farm (Virginia) - MVA with Multiple Injuries

J.B., 67, was leaving the park via Barn Road after a concert on the
evening of June 19th when he lost control of his 1986 Audi, swerved out of a
line of cars and struck a fence and five people in the crowd of pedestrians
heading for their cars.  Two of the five were taken to Fairfax Hospital,
where one was admitted in critical condition.  Two others were taken to
Reston Hospital, where they were treated and released.  The fifth injured
person was treated at the scene and released.  J.B. said that the
accelerator pedal of the car stuck and that he could not stop before the car
veered into the crowd.  According to newspaper accounts, the Audi 5000 has
been plagued by reports that the gas pedal sticks when the car is in gear,
but federal investigators believe that drivers are instead accidentally
stepping on the accelerator instead of the brakes.  Federal highway
officials will be testing the accelerator of J.B.'s vehicle this week. 
J.B. has not been charged.  The incident is under investigation by Park
Police criminal investigators.  [Lt. J. Damadio, USPP, and The Washington
Post, 6/22]

93-393 - Golden Gate (California) - Falling Fatality

Park Police officers received a report that a juvenile had fallen off the
cliffs in the vicinity of China Beach on the afternoon of June 19th. 
Officers, rangers, and city rescue and EMS personnel were dispatched to the
area; they found the victim, a juvenile male about 15 or 16 years old at the
base of Eagle's Point, where he had been climbing with three friends when he
slipped and fell approximately 80 feet.  He sustained massive head injuries
in the fall.  CPR was begun on him, but was unsuccessful.  [Sgt. Dennis
Maroney, USPP, 6/21]

93-394 - Cape Cod (Massachusetts) - Oil Spill

On June 17th, about 50 gallons of home heating oil were discharged  from a
private residence located 120 feet from the Herring River area of the park. 
A faulty copper pipe leading from the fuel fill to the 250-gallon tank had
been leaking oil into the basement, and the home's sump pump had been
pumping it out of the house into the ground.  This process had been under
way for at least two days and caused oil to seep a minimum of two feet below
the surface into peat and clay soils.  Current remediation activities
include trenching and removal of surface soil.  Park employees are in the
process of documenting potential spill impacts on park resources.  [David
Crary, FMO, CACO, and Hank Brightman, NARO, 6/22]

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) FIRE SITUATION - Preparedness Level II

2) FIRE SUMMARY

State  Agency     Area            Fire              6/22     6/23    Status

 NV    NPS     Lake Mead         Christmas           200       200   CND

 UT    BLM     Cedar City        Mill Creek          800     2,300   CN 6/23

 AZ    USFS    Coronado          Graham
                                  Complex - T1       600       600   CN 6/24
       BLM     Arizona Strip     Cedar Wash - T2   2,000     6,650   NEC

 NM    BLM     Las Cruces        Park              1,250     2,240   CN 6/24
               Roswell         * Bear                  -       250   CN 6/24
       USFS    Cibola          * Crosby                -       106   NEC

 FL    FWS     Okefenokee        Gnat Catcher - T1 5,711     5,711   CN 6/26

NOTES:

- Fires - Asterisk indicates newly reported fire (on this report). T1 and T2
  indicate assigned Type I and Type II Teams.
- Status - The following abbreviations are employed:

  NR - No report received      MS - Modified suppression strategy
  CL - Controlled              MN - Being monitored
  CS - Confinement strategy    NEC - No estimate of containment
  CND - Contained              CN (date) - Expected date of containment

3) PARK FIRE REPORTS - 

* Mesa Verde - The park had four new fires on the 21st.  All were single
  tree fires.

* Cumberland Island - Extreme fire conditions continue.

* Grand Canyon - The park remains in preparedness level 4 with high fire
  danger.

* Sequoia/Kings Canyon - A helicopter reconned the Copper Creek fire on
  Monday and reported that it was hardly visible.

4) ANALYSIS - Moderate initial attack activity occurred in the Southwest and
southern California yesterday.  Significant progress was made on the Graham
Complex as control lines continued to hold.  Resource movement was minimal,
and some demobilization was underway.

5) PROGNOSIS - Southern California will continue to have generally clear
skies with increasing temperatures, ranging from 108 to 118 in the deserts. 
The potential exists for increased initial attack due to the presence of
extremely hot weather.  Sunny to partly cloudy skies are forecast for the
Southwest, and there's a chance of afternoon thunderstorms in New Mexico and
breezy conditions in Arizona.  Initial attack activity should be moderate,
and progress should continue on the Graham Complex.

[NIFCC Intelligence Section, 0530, 6/23]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

NOTES

1) Morning Report Delays - Receipt of incidents for the morning report and
transmission of the report itself are being delayed by continuing
difficulties with the WASO cc:Mail hub operating system and software. 
Information and Data Systems is working to remedy the problems, but it's
likely that intermittent interruptions and delays will persist until the hub
equipment is upgraded.

STAFF STATUS

Division Chief: No leave or travel scheduled.

Branch of Resource and Visitor Protection: No leave or travel scheduled.

Branch of Fire and Aviation: Hurd on fire reviews at Yellowstone and Glacier
(6/21-6/27); Erskine at fire review at Yellowstone (6/23-6/25); Cook at
extreme fire behavior workshop (6/20-6/25); Swain at administrative workshop
(6/14-6/25); Gale and Broyles at incident management training exercise
development meeting (6/21-6/26).

Prepared by WASO Division of Ranger Activities

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